Usher & Tameka returned to court just last week after Tameka’s attorney filed a motion asking for the judge to recuse herself from the case and another requesting a new trial.

Fast forward to last night. A CBS Atlanta News investigative report aired which reveals how some Georgia judges fail to disclose relationships they have with attorneys in open court and while the practice is legal, it raises questions about how fairly the judges dispense justice.

Details + watch video of the explosive investigative report…

In August 2012, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Bensonetta Tipton Lane ruled in Usher Raymond’s favor and awarded custody of the couple’s two sons to singer.

As you know, I sat in the courtroom during several of the appearances and the shocking decision stunned many who knew the details of the case.

West said According to campaign finance reports, Mayoue’s law firm donated $1,000 to Lane’s campaign and hosted a fundraising reception that raked in thousands of dollars. According to West, Mayoue also sat on Lane’s reelection committee.

“I would classify the relationship as a special relationship,” said West.

West said she believes Lane should have disclosed that relationship in open court so she has asked for a new trial and for Lane to recuse herself.

Georgia law allows for attorneys to contribute to judicial campaigns but judges have a heavy legal burden to avoid even the appearance of being biased.

Lane isn’t the only judge accused of not revealing special relationships with attorneys. Lane’s colleague, Judge Gail Tusan, also failed to tell Ed Dort that his ex-wife’s attorney, Robert Boyd, sat on her reelection committee

According to records, Boyd donated to Tusan’s campaign days before Dort’s wife filed for divorce.

“There’s no question she was influenced by the attorneys,” Dort said.

Joanna Shepherd Bailey, a professor for Emory University School of Law, said money does influence judicial outcomes.

Shepherd Bailey conducted an extensive study of more than 21,000 State Supreme Court cases and found a strong correlation between judicial campaign contributions and judges’ decisions.

“A $1,000 contribution will increase the likelihood of a judge voting in a particular way by, depending on the case, between 1 percent and 7 percent increase in likelihood,” Shepherd Bailey said.

Some are calling on judges to be more transparent in open court about contributions they receive and relationships they have with attorneys arguing before them.

“There’s no harm in laying all your cards on the table,” said Charles Hall, representative of the Justice At Stake Campaign, a group fighting against money’s influence on courts.

Hall recommends judges be up front about connections they have with parties involved in a case. If there’s any question whether a judge can be fair, then he or she should step aside, Hall said.

Tusan, the judge who presided over Dort’s divorce, denied that she is influenced by contributions to her campaign or attorney’s efforts to help her get elected.

Tusan said she is in full compliance with state law and discloses all campaign contributions as required by state law.

But after Dort launched an online petition calling for Tusan to step aside, she recused herself. READ MORE

Tipton-Lane, the Judge in the Raymond vs. Raymond case, refused to recuse herself from their case and has since ruled that Tameka is to turn over her sons to Usher on November 24th, which is the date that he will officially began serving as “primary” custodian of the boys.

The investigation in this matter continues and the FBI is also reportedly involved in probing judicial misconduct in Georgia. This situation is developing, but clearly there are questions that need to be answered.

This seems as though this will be a never ending battle! I hate that they couldn’t work this thing out in private. Both parents are capable of taking care those babies. Come to a mutual agreement and raise the kids together as mature parents should. Neither is perfect, but both love their children. Belittling one another is not the way to go. U should have respect 4 the mother/father of your children. After all you repsected them enough to have children with them…smh

I agree, why wont he just stop with this and sit down with his ex wife. He is RICH, FAMOUS and POWERFUL. Why cant they just meet and resolve this issue? I mean she aint gonna give her kids away, so he needs to face that music. She seems determined about her sons and she wants to mother them why is that a problem for him?

I don’t think he plans on giving his children away either, so she needs 2 face that music also…those children are no more hers than they are his…..he also seems determined, so what’s HER problem with him wanting 2 be a father??….See, there’s a counter-argument for EVERY argument…..if they had any intention of being amicable with each other it would have never gotten this ugly…..he evicted her from that house & she’s out of money…..all we are witnessing is SHYT hitting the fan….why didn’t her attorney catch this sooner if it was such a big deal….seems like it wasn’t a big deal until AFTER she lost the case…..

"Ladies" like you are why men like HIM get away with being complete and utter slimeballs> You are so busy being a "stan" and hardcore Usher fan you are blinded by the obvious. Usher did not prove this woman unfit or unable to care for her kids at any point during this trial. All he had was a few nannies speak out against her (all paid and hired by him) and none claimed abuse, neglect, endangerment.

You may NOT actually be woman or lady afterall if you defend a man that isn’t in one place tries to revoke custody from their kids mother. Mother and father are NOT the same, mother carry their children inside of their wombs and fathers are not exactly equal. Yes, they are important and necessary but not equal. Usher filed this, so why isn’t he wanting to be amicable and fair??? If he did evict her out of any house, he is WORSE than I thought before logging on to this site. Why? He is a man-child and that’s why!! Spoiled and bitter, because no reason man worth his salt would drag their kids mother through any of this type of drudgery. Thats either gay or jealous behavior. He just took a job on the Voice which tapes in Los Angeles CALIFORNIA, he has to be there in order to tape there. Duhhh! Stop stanning and stand for whats right and fair. You obsessed fans dont understand that those you idolize are human and imperfect. Usher is wrong and the Judge is being exposed which is great news!!!! He is a interesting character I must say. Shame on them. Keep fighting Tameka!!! Some of us are backing you to the end.

@sonya lol the gay part got me hahaha I don think he gay, Is he a man what whores himself around? Absolutely I’m surprised his endowment hasn’t fallen off yet with all the women he has bedded (and brags about)!!!. But I think he is far from Gay but everything you said besides that was completely on point. These fans fight for a man who does not even care for them. and its said and silly to see.. TeamUsher who is 13 and 14 years of age STAY IN SCHOOL AND STUDY HARD!!!

No worries Sonya…Tameka is not being evicted. She has joint visitation of the boys and will still have a home for them to go to. I do hope that eventually she will decide to move on her own BUT I understand her attachment to HER home that she has shared with her boys.

I Agree. This is public record so her lawyer should have done her research. If Tameka would have won none of this would have come out. I believe that there are a lot of things with this case that the public oes not know about which may have been the reason she lost. I don’t think that Judge Lane would be dumb enough to ruin her career over a 1000.00 donation. Come on people be serious. When it’s all over it will come to light.

@Sonya….so you don’t think that a father is just as important in a child’s life as a mother???…..that is the most ridiculous argument I have heard yet….I’m not an Usher stan & don’t even own any of his music……children are 50/50 mother/father….neither one has more "ownership’ than the other…I hope woman are not teaching their daughters nonsense like that…..

Well said, Candi. That’s the bottom line. No parent is perfect, but when you love your children petty bs should fall by the wayside. I still think Tameka should sit still (not give up-there’s a difference) and just let things take it’s course. Sometimes when we do that the answer will come clear. Who knows what situation will present itself?

Everytime I’m on the site, there’s always something about usher and Tamika. Smdh. ….. seems that someone at the site is infatuated with them, and is an usher hater and an Tamika lover. Their just people Just like the rest of us. Who gives a f – -k, about their personal life. Let it be, please.

I am an employee of CBS, and it does me PROUD to see them calling this out. I live in California; however, I follow StraightfromtheA…….Because it’s a great media outlet.

Thank you for posting this story and not falling for the "entertainment" BS………

USHER is going DOWN….. I HATE that he will be a judge on the voice…..I love this show, and now I refuse to watch it when he’s on it. I wish people will stop seeing him for a celeb. and see him for what he is….

Liar, drug addict, hoe bag, MILF chaser and all around dues! (and I know this for a fact).

Usher is a celebrity what would you call him then? If you don’t like Usher for his personal life then you don’t like any artist out there especially rappers and r&b singers. Tameka is not a celebrity she is only known and have fans(why?)because she was married and had kids by a superstar. Usher hasn’t done anything to you, some of you guys need to realize that these celebrities are hear to entertain you not to be your pastor or moral role model.

Britt, you also need to realize that just as people do withdraw their financial support from artists like R Kelly, Alicia Keys, CB, Fantasia or Lil’Wayne, they may pull it from Usher as well. Everybody has a different tolerance level. To this day, I won’t buy Tommy Hillfiger nothing. Were the rumors about him being racist true? Who knows, but it just don’t sit right with me. Some people feel that way about Usher. To each his own.

You are right!!!!!!!! I am happy this judge is getting exposed and all others that do this to other parents should too. He is wrong to try and fight the kids mother, does he not know how bad they will think of him when they grow up!!!!????? He is setting up a life long explanation process and their mother will show them all of this. Usher really needs better advisors. They are filling his head with malarky! He isn’t thinking about the future or long term effects. He must really be a selfish man.
I dont watch the Voice and won’t start now that he is on board.

SMH, I totally agree with you 1000%, and I won’t be watching "The Voice" while Usher is on the show either.

As I write this, the judge HAS resigned from the case, A NEW judge will be appointed, and a new trial will occur and I also believe the custody status will return to joint, after the motion is filed by Tameka’s attorney. Praise God and that you CBS, and SMH, you are right Usher is going down.

Folks don’t have an issue unless the government works against them! Corruption is everywhere,this is politics. There is no law against judges donated to campaigns nor is it a law that says that if someone contibute to a campaign they can never be heard in your courtroom- My guess that this special was not about Usher and Tameka? So what was it really about?

I am going to agree with Britt on this one..if the FBI is involved, it is way more involved. Donating is not the problem as people do it all over the county. Can you imagine how many politicians and such has donated to the Obama campaign. Any republican that goes before a democratic judge can ask the judge to recuse themself or vice versa. To protect the sanctity of the justice system that can of worms is not going to be opened. So even if the Raymond judge was asked to step down, they probably would not overturn any of her decisions, especially a custody battle. It would have to be a criminal case that violates civil rights.

Clearly neither of you watched the report. NO one disputes or challenges the rights of a citizen to donate to the candidate of their choice. THIS is about the possibility of impartiality BECAUSE of the donation. It makes moral sense to recuse yourself from hearing a case in which you may possibly be perceived as having a conflict of interest. UNLESS, of course you NEED to further the donors agenda. hmmmmm…

And it’s public record….why didnt Tameka’s lawyers do their own research about the lawyer and judge involved?

It’s a system of comrades…most judges know the attorneys, clerks, deputies etc. and vice-versa. Just because a person decides to donate to a cause or buy a box of Girl Scout cookies from someone…does not mean that person will disregard the law as she sees it.

I need some theme music for this whole situation from here on out…I’ve selected Maceo "GO SIT DOWN"!

Michelle has had some real good things on here lately…but just has to go back to beat this dead horse.

The donations are public record, not his all out involvement in Judge Tipton-Lane campaign. I read that Mayoue held parties, raised funds and sat on her reelection committee. That’s some next level involvement.

Donations are public but not being a campaign manager and treasurer!!!! Usher and his "comrades" are Shady Mcgrady. Why is he trying to destory and hurt his ex wife like this???? It’s so vindictive and evil, this doesnt seem to even be about the kids at all.

@MR202 your correct this not about the kids and it never was, but TeamUsher wont see that, the man lied in court and to Oprah saying he barely travels!!! what dude you said you are in-between NY (for his girlfriend) and Los angeles for the voice he is bearly in ATL. In order for you to get some type of custody you need to be in atlanta 80% of the time and he is not. He lies and it sucks because I really think he is a talented Guy. but why would I want to give my money to corruption?!! This is what it is!! And its even worse because these kids have to grow up knowing this. But usher has the nerve to say that he is a man who had integrity the whole time!! He has been so evil and wrong on so many levels and its nothing new in the world but still disgusting Behaviour.

It will change as soon as you get agencies OUTSIDE of georgia to investigate…isn’t that how all of your schools got integrated?? Isn’t that how you stopped GA from hanging black men from GA peach trees? Same deal here, get the feds involved & its a wrap…

Atlanta has one of the worst reputations for judicial instability in the country. I have seen lawyers just completely quit law or move out of this city because it’s gotten so bad here. And it reaches beyond case-by-case verdicts. As judges try to over correct their record on paper, cases with lawyers who are unaffiliated still receive verdicts that have no basis in law but probably serve a purpose to the judges record, which has been compromised by influenced decisions. The only positive that comes from this is that because the judges discretion cannot be trusted, parties are more likely to come to an agreement outside of court. But what if you have a client who is the victim of a frivolous lawsuit? Yes, You still have to push to settle those. It’s a disgrace. I have no faith in the judicial system anymore here. And that is sad.

It’s because you all still allow the "good ole boys" system to operate, i’m always reporting people to the feds in atl because they have to be taught that georgia is NOT a confederacy, it is NOT separate from the US & just because they are "use" to doing things a certain way doesn’t make it legal especially when your trying to pull some BS on someone that’s from a faster state like Cali…you will get shut down every time because we don’t care about your "system"…as the investigation continues I wouldn’t be surprised if this judge was forced to step down…

I have heard about the corruption in the courts before, but this is awful when children are at sake. Usher know good and well that he hasnt the time or space in his ever growing schedule to rear those boys on a sole basis.
I’m glad that she only gave him primary, which is different than sole custody. He should be ashamed of himself to put this woman through so much, after leaving her for the new troll doll girlfriend and her losing her son this Summer. Usher’s horns are showing and he is a straight evildoer. Im officially done with this creep period.

i will admit to liking Usher music many years ago, thats all i have to say about that…..Now this here corruption stuff is never going to end, even if Judges did disclose their relationships with attorneys in open court, or even if Judges recused themselves from cases, doesnt mean that they wont "secretly" influence their friends (other residing Judges to rule in favor of a certain party). This mess here is all about getting caught case by case, though this investigation may expose some Judges its gonna open a whole other can of worms, like previous cases these Judges resided over.

Boy, I bet there are a ton of angry, bitter women ( who I collectively refer 2 as the Tameka’s of the world)that are sooooo happy 2 hear this…just b/c someone launches an investigation that doesn’t mean anything will come of it….when there is PROOF of wrongdoing it will be announced on a neutral news site…..until I guess ya’ll can keep grasping 4 straws…..PROOF is solid….unlike speculation & hearsay which is all that has been reported on Str8 from the "A"…..but I will definitely keep tuning in b/c I do love good gossip…….

This investigation is not just coming out of thin air by gossip, this was bound to happen, if you have followed usher and Tameka’s case you would have seen how corrupted usher was and how he behaved and how he lied in that court room. So yes lol people are going to be excited because justice needs to be served and it has not been. What happened with this whole entire court case was wrong and needs to be sorted out. Usher does not deserve primary custody of those boy and the evidence proves that! there is nothing wrong with a father fighting for his children but go about the right way and actually have a good reason to do it. And clearly he has none. This is why I think ATLien is telling the truth she was in that court room and she saw what went down for her to see what usher is really about. Now I;m not saying every story she gives is accurate but when it comes to this court case she has been one of the few writers to tell the truth when it comes to this case. hip hop enquirer is saying so much about what happened in the case and shows that court room was corrupted to the max.

@Hola @ Vay….Like I said, just b/c an investigation is being launched doesn’t mean a thing….I’ll wait 4 the RESULTS of the investigation instead of making predictions, cause that’s all anyone can do at this point….IF there is wrongdoing it should be handled accordingly….IF NOT, then this bitter axx woman & her attorney needs 2 leave the man-boy alone…..like I said in my previous post, there a a TON of bitter women who are full or wrath & revenge from being done wrong by some man in their past who would love 2 C revenge extracted against ANY man, be it Usher or not….speculation (by angry women) is different from conclusive PROOF of wrongdoing…..I’ll wait & C what happens….until then ya’ll can make all the predictions ya’ll want….I’mma wait 4 the FACTS & the PROOF…..I do love good gossip…..

@ Lady A you can wait for whatever you like. It is MY opinion that the fact that the FBI is doing an investigation on the JUDGES out of that court tells me that they believe there are issues. I really don’t care who feels differently and don’t expect everyone to agree with me.

@LadyA it obviously means something if it needs investigating, if it didn’t mean anything IT WOULDN’T BE INVESTIGATED!! COMMON SENSE LADY!!! The facts are in your face and you wouldn’t noticed it if it slapped you upside ya head!!! there is fact of the case everywhere you just need to do your research.

lol girl all you need is the FBI and you know your butt is in some trouble hahahaha Usher better run because he got caught out! and not only him the other people who thought it was ok to do crap like this to people!! you can not get away with evil and expect for it not to come and bite you in the butt. What the heck he take this thing for! He may rich but with the way this man behaved you can tell he is poverty stricken spiritually.

And there’s some not bitter, free thinking women who are excited as well. *raises hand.
Not because I’m hating on Usher or even "stan"ning for Tameka. I’m just so sick of our justice system being corrupt or "bought." Is this the case here?
Only time will tell.

Exactly…this woman will never rescue herself and I dont believe she will grant a new trial either. So let them investigate. I dont think Tameka’s attorney will give up without a fight…she was once a Judge herself.I just hope the "fight" is totally for and about the kids.

Haha! Voy, you’ve got to eat your words, as I type this the judge has recused herself, and a new trial will commence. After Tameka’s attorney files the motion for the custody to be reverted back to joint, as it was before the corrupt trial, Tameka and her boys will be re-united.

My opinion of the investigation is this…..don’t you think if Usher and his team of attorney’s found out that Tameka’s attorney so much as bought a fudge brownie from a ‘re-elect Judge Tipton-Lane’ bake sale that his side would be doing exactly what hers is, had he lost primary custody of his kids? You better know he would.

God is seeing you through this, Tameka– hang in there! Good will always prevail over evil! Usher should get help for his insecurities and need for control. I am never purchasing another Usher CD- I was married to someone just like him.

I have always like Usher as a performer ,but I really can’t see why someone could want to hurt someone in the worst way by taking away her kids because he has the money. I just hope everything works out for tameka and the kids in this case.

Although I am not a Tameka fan, I absolutely think it is awful that Usher is suing her for custody. Unfortunately, SHE has put herself in a compromising position due to all the aledged jealeous fits and violent behavior. All these incidents give Usher the upper hand and room to seek custody. We all know who the losers are here, the KIDS. Usher is doing them NO FAVOR taking them from their MOTHER although these children will have the best nannies, best education, etc. Children need their MOTHER and she seems like a competent and loving MoMMa and not "by appt only". These attorneys are too DURTY! Im gonna assume Usher knew the backdoor information on his attorney’s relationship, Dam, I’m certain! He aint no DUMMY. The dummy would be someone who wouldn’t take advantage of this position. It’s F***ed up but it’s reality.

I’m so sick of women saying that a child belongs with the Mother over the Father. Those are his kids just as much as they are hers. A man has a right to raise his kids, who says they are better of with the mother . It’s about who can be the better parent. Oh, and before you Tameka stans comment, I didn’t say he’s the better parent. I just get tired of women saying that kids belong with the Mother, as if the Father has no rights. FYI , I’m a female.

O dear you must be late to what is happening. No one said that at all while reading this blog. As ATLien has stated before there is nothing wrong with a father fighting for your kids but its the way he has gone on about that many people are pissed! he played dirty then came out with NUMB for sympathy and played the victim card. But in this case of what has been going on and the evidence that has been released usher is not stable mentally or physically in his life, But he had the nerve to call Tameka crazy and handicapped. But the phsyc evaluation was in favour of her than usher and he paid for the evaluation to be done and made sure they were father advocate but coming to find out he is the one who is mentally incapable. (But biased blogs who love usher wont be real and say that) and not only that he has no firm place of where he is staying he not in atlanta as he had claimed in court (HE LIED). Those kids need stability and so yes it makes sense for the kids in this particular situation to stay with their mom (JOINT CUSTODY SHOULD BE KEPT BUT SHE SHOULD HAVE PRIMARY) and that makes sense. Both parents are needed and should be equal time but with usher and how his life is going and playing out. The children need to be home with mom

Carrying a child for 9 months gives you a whole LOT of rights. It aint easy and most men couldn’t do it. Which is why they need to follow the laws of nature and let the mama have main control. If a woman is good enough to marry & have a child with she should be good enuf to raise it. Ultimately it takes a whole village not one person.

THIS RESPONSE!!! Very on point, men ONLY find their kids mothers crazy, unfit, neglectful when the relationship ends between the mother of the kid and them. Up until that point the chick is fine. Usher was fighting the world, his mother, fans, blogs, the devil and ANYbody that got in his way. He fought saying she was strong, beautiful, and that he LOVED HER!! Now its I will destroy you in court, take your babies, house, and rep by any means necessary.

Usher planned and huge million dollar wedding and cancelled it ONLY to marry her in another huge million dollar wedding months later??? Something is waaaay offf about this tale, he’s is mad at something else. This was not revealed in the news or court. Usher is pissy about something.. is she engaged? Or dating another popular guy? It sounds like this to me.He’s acting too bitchy otherwise, theres more to this tale I say.

@Sonya and any other owmen who think like her: Just because you carry a child does not make you more of or a better parent than the father. And to suggest that a man fighting for the right to be the decision maker, ie, the custodial parent, is somehow less than a man is some straight bulltihs! A MAN will usually fight for what’s his when the other person is trying to deprive him of it. I have no dog in this fight between Tameka & Usher, but it iritates me like rock in my shoe when I hear women siding with the woman simply because she’s a woman. I doubt any of us knows what goes on between either Tameka & the boysor Usher & the boys, so to claim who is or who isn’t a fit parent is pure speculation.

And to clarify a point, from the perspective of one who has gone thru a custody hearing: Usher didn’t need to prove she was unfit. If it was shown via testimony or interviews of the guardian adlitem, teachers, healthcare workers, nannies, etc. that she was alienating Usher from the boys by denying contact/visitations, that is enough to grant a change. Also, if it can shown that she is negligent in areas the judge feels are important (not sharing information, keeping the kids out of school excessively, in a constant state of unemployment, etc., leaving the kids with other caregivers excessively, etc.), these may be viewed in a negative light.

I understand what you are saying completely you carrying a child does not make you the better parent, there are some mothe who carry a child and take care one, but with the witnesses at hand none of them could prove that she is unfit. when crossed examined they could not say one thing bad about her (watch the videos) its proof. usher was not goody2shoes in this, many of his witness were rehearsed (take the young nanny for example who came dressed to the court room looking like she was ready to go clubbing. She only said good thing for usher because she liked him and wanted to please him, but when she was crossed examined by Tameka’s lawyer coming to find out that same nanny who was talking good about usher when questioned by his lawyer actually complained 3 months earlier about his parenting ability to the company she was hired from. then the guardian adlitem said that Tameka attitude was sometimes difficult but didn’t effect her parenting and the kids loved their mother and she loved them to and was attached to her every move. and the same for usher but when crossed examined it showed that usher did not coperate with the adlitem and found it difficult to keep up with ushers timetable and found it difficult to keep up with him and when asking usher to present things such as inventory and other documents usher never did so. Including that darn drug test he refused and never took but Tameka had to take.

I dont have a dog in this fight either, but if you look to take kids away just for the mere sake of saving money, thats a sick reason. Your circumstances may not be the same, maybe your babys mother was unfit or on drugs or keeping them from you.
I dont think that Tameka was keeping her sons from Usher, he just got mad and filed against her one day. She said things were going fine in her written statement after her son passed this summer. I believe it was at other peoples urging not his own. Usher seems to be a zombie to his new woman, shes on his board of directors for New Look Foundation see NewLook.org, shes his manager, and booking agent, and girlfriend??? Thats a lot of control for one person, so she probably told him to do this. He filed once we heard about him having a new much older girlfriend running his career and firing all of his past staff people. I don’t this has as much to do with Tameka or her ways as it does Usher’s stuff and people around. The girlfriend replaced Ms Jonnetta and of course Tameka had to go too.

I dont have a dog in this fight either, but if you look to take kids away just for the mere sake of saving money, thats a sick reason.
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THIS!!
And laughing my ass off at the people who side moreso with Tameka (in this instance) than Usher Tameka stans.
Next celebrity on my list to stand for? Rico Suave’!

Thank You so much because once this is over all of the Tameka stans will see that this is exacrly what was going on. Usher has just as much a right to be with his kids as she does. What about all the times she denied him from seeing his kids etc, This man went through pure hell and he got tired of it so he did what he had to do to get his kids and I don’t blame him. No matter what he is going to catch h*ll regardless. When all the details come out I wonder how the Tameka stans will feel then.

@T7E73 What!?1, no one said they were against him fighting for his children. no one said.!!! You obliviously have not kept up to date with what has been going on. Usher is not innocent in this. not even tameka but everyone has no problem calling her out! NO ONE!!! but when it comes to usher and someone speaking the truth about how he truly is. all the sudden were tameka stans!?!?! @Afather’s situation maybe different. When it comes to you being celebrity the court room is a whole another different ball game than someone as average as you or anybody else who is not a celebrity. there is different rules and for some reason it doesn’t apply to usher or any other celebrity who think can get away with crap because they are on a pedestal. Thats whats not cool and that is what has happened. No lets see how it is when the truth about usher really comes out lets see how you feel then

@ A farther I encourage you to either read past post on this matter OR read the court documents for yourself (they are online and a link is in several of the post on this site). It’s clear that you havent. Form an opinion then. Sadly some of the very reasons that you gave as to why Usher would gain custody are the very things that he was found in contempt of not the other way around…figure that one out…

I have yet to hear anyone "siding" with Tameka because she is a woman hell at one point she was flat out hated which I think is so silly so that just isnt the case.

@ A father with custody….WELL SAID….these woman feel like the mother should have custody SIMPLY b/c she’s the woman…they are not looking at ALL the factors that went into the judge’s decision…..she WAS trying 2 deprive him of his time with those kids like MOST women do when they are angry at the father….these are they type of women who are not above using their children as pawns in a game called Revenge….this is a lesson 2 those woman that times are changing….I find it funny that these women want equal rights in every area except parenting…..fathers are just as fit 2 raise their children as a mother & any argument against that is ludicrous…..one woman even had the nerve 2 say that children "belong" more 2 the mother than the father & that scares me b/c I would hate 4 any woman 2 teach something like that 2 her daughter, setting her up 4 failure in her future relationships…..

@ladyA THAT IS NOT WHAT WE ARE SAYING IF YOU READ BEFORE WE SAID YES WE AGREE THAT EVEN IF THE MOTHER GAVE BIRTH DOES NOT MEAN THAT SHE CAN TAKE CARE OF A CHILD!!!!! look at the facts presented so far in the case since you like FACTS SO MUCH! there is NO evidence that she is a bad mother. like you said before you like gossip everything you said is filled with gossip and no truth what so ever. Go and look and check your facts

Well, IMO the kids are being cared for by nannies paid for by Usher no matter who has custody. No one can argue with that.

Maybe my view is skewed because my mother played "keep away" with us kids and our dad. I applaud any father who goes the distance to get custody of his kids. My dad paid a grip in child & spousal support only to fight for visitation.

Please note that multiple judges have induldged in this same questionable behavior. If they are wrong, CBS will nail them to the wall and then DOJ & IRS will follow suit! C’mon I know y’all saw what CBS did to that airport security guy!

I totally agree we all know his behaviour when a new women comes into his life. The same thing he did to his evil mom when he was with tameka. However doubt that he knew about their "personal" relationship. This is a mess #teamkids

I kinda hope Usher goes down so that bitch tanked can’t get another dime from him! I literally can’t stand her. She needs to have several seats with her old ass. Cryin over a Saks card bitch get a job and pay for ur own shit like everybody else. TEAM USHER I don’t care if he comes out and tell Tameka to sucks several big long dicks I’m still riding with him

So his kids should suffer because you are to ignorant to see that you dislike someone you don’t even know. Your name is ignorant, your words are ignorant, and I hope you get yourself together before the real world eat u alive. Grow the Hell up!

This shady judge will soon come with every excuse in the book as into why she sided with Usher. She do any and everything to make Tameka look bad to cover her filthy ass tracks. This world is so corrupt. We need a resolution.

Judgement… We are good at passing judgements. No one really knows the inner dealings of their arrangement/marriage but them. As far as the Judge getting support from Usher’s lawyer, shit, that happens everyday on capitol hill especially. People making deals and selling others out and sacrificing the less fortunate.

Y’all azzzz better not let Romeny get in office or we really are going to see a lot of the underdog being under the dog.

I for one cannot stand self entitled women! In fact I cannot stand Usher but my personal dislike for him is not going to cloud my judgement of reasoning. First of all he did not "take" her kids because they are "their" kids. He has just as much right as she does. Just because she carried the child does not mean anything. Without him she wouldn’t have had anything to carry. If he just left the kids women would have something to say and be a deadbeat. Most women must have never been privy to a father’s love? My parents went through a messy divorce and I lived with my dad because I’m a daddy’s girl. My mother was evil to my dad during the divorce because he cheated but one thing she never did was label him as bitter because he wanted primary custody of me. She tells everyone that he is a good father and he never had a problem with his children, he had a problem with his wife. Now my ex fiance was fighting to see his daughter by a vindictive woman and we went in front of Judge Lane and she was fair. At first it was not going in our favor she pulled every nasty tactic but what won in his favor is she attempted parental alienation on every front. All she talked about was "his fiance" and judge Lane warned her it was about the children. I submitted to home studies, psych evals and everything because he loved his daughter and I was supportive. The final straw was when I submitted email, facebook messages, and certified letters asking if the child needed anything and if they would like to sit down and come to a mutual agreement and we could get along because she needed both parents. After that the mother began stalking me and attempted to break into my home prompting the state to file charges even though I asked not to. With that being said I think what won the case for Usher was her fighting him and her nastiness when he came to pick up the children. In the legal world that is parental alienation and nothing pisses off a family court judge more than that.

Please understand the law. Before it got to trial there was mandatory mediation, status conferences at the 30, 60, 90 day marks to try to resolve this. All lawyers are vital in some judges re-election campaigns. Most judges are friendly and have relationships with lawyers because before they got on the bench they were lawyers and probably worked for some of the same firms. I think it is amazing to see a father fighting for his children. More men should do that. Women are vindictive creatures, soon as the man won’t give you child support to take care of you or he gets a new woman they filing child support modification. Tameka has a responsibility to provide for her children just as he does. She needs to get a job, it is not his responsibility to provide housing for her. She should take over the mortgage payments of the home and he pay his share of taking care of the children. The burden should not solely fall on him.

OK life story!!?!? We have said time and time and time again there is nothing wrong with a father fighting for his kids!!! it is the way the vindictive man BTW has gone about it. i for one support a father wanting to be in his kids life! but usher went for sole custody and had NO EVIDENCE OR REASON TO DO SO. AND DID NOT COOPERATE IN MANY WAYS DURING THE TRIAL! BUT TAMEKA DID her lawyer said she was always late but did everything that was asked of her. you can not compare this situation with your one because of one major thing that matters…. YOU ARE NOT A CELEBRITY, with that said its a whole different set of rules and a whole different ball game. There is something going on why the FBI is getting involved in Ushers’ custody and other cases as-well.

And don’t even let me start with this telling people to get a Job! how do you know she doesn’t have one? You obviously read TMZ for that and they weren’t speaking truth at all!! ITS TMZ!!!! you can see when they lie why in the heck would you put O SHE HAS BEEN FINICALLY STUCK TO USHER SINCE THE DIVORCE!!! that is just a bold lie, its shame you cant see it.

What is vindictive about a man asking for custody of his children? It is ok when a woman does it but not when a man does it? The FBI is investigating the possibility of corruptions because her attorney said the judge should have disclosed those facts and recused herself. The information was disclosed according to law all her attorney had to do was due diligence which most attorneys do. It is usually done during the discovery phase.

Tameka had no problem with Judge Lane when she ordered Usher to re-open her Saks card and pay her nanny bills. There was a court appointed guardian for the children I’m guessing he paid him off to? Because he testified the environment with their father was more stable than with the mother. The nannies testified that the boys had no structure, was used as pawns to get back at each other, and that Tameka was basically the employer from hell with no structure more interested in being in her room depressed, partying with her friends and had no clear structure, and that she loved her children but was neglectful.

In a deposition she told him to go f*ck himself! When asked why she went away to Miami without letting him know and his visiting time was interrupted. Why she wasn’t held in contempt is beyond me. Also she does not work so why the need for nannies? His position is that she should be the primary care for the kids since she does not work outside the home. Yet she admitted she told the nannies not to sign the kids in and out of school so it would appear that Tameka herself was dropping the kids off at school and picking them up. Also from sworn testimony under oath Tameka would say she was going to the movies and be gone 2-3 days and the nanny was taking care of 4 children but was only being paid to take care of Usher’s children. Also Tameka violated the confidentiality agreement. If people would pull the court transcripts and depositions they would see that this was a fair ruling. Neither one of them are perfect but according to evidence presented, Usher provided more stability. His infidelities in his marriage have nothing to do with his ability as a father.

Opulent Bravado you do realize that there are some of us here that know you are leaving stuff out and that some of your statements are not totally accurate? Also you failed to mention anything that was negative towards Usher…for someone who cant stand Usher you sure have taken his side. lol

His infidelities in his marriage have nothing to do with his ability as a father.

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Actually it does, if he has a parade of questional women (fans, groupies, etc) coming in and out of his house with the boys there. Infidelity (IMO)is a sign of selfishness, disregard for family values and responsibility. If I had a son, I wouldn’t want them education in manwhore-dom 101. If his infidelities are a non factor, then her aggressive reactions to them are as well. But I do agree with you on one thing; there ARE some women who use the children as tools to hurt a man just because they’ve moved on. They are unfit and should be ashamed. But one thing is important to remember…the men picked them.

MOST importantly you must be Usher, the old crypt keeper looking lawyer or the other lawyer (judges douche) because NOOOOOOO other way you would be abled to recite things that happened in the court or their lives OR depositions??????? Ummm Usher you have shown your cards with this here post. LMAO.

If all of this is TRUE and the judge was SOOOO "fair" then why was Tameka NOT found in Contempt of court but HE WAS??? If the judge is "right" in her ruling, she would have found all of the things you just listed wrong against Tameka but did not! I only saw that Usher Raymond (aka YOU) were found in comtempt of 4 counts of WRONGS. Oops! Use better judgment when commenting on blogs do-do! LMBO

OB has done nothing but came on here and gave you USHER’s testimony…do you really expect his testimony to be favorable to Tameka since he was trying to gain sole custody? Some of us know better and that is what OB and others need to know.

Why would we pull up a transcript of Usher OR Tamekas testimony for that matter…

Oh and by the way YES the Guardian was hired by Ushers attorney and paid for by Usher…dont let the words "court appointed" fool you. lol

@Vay Opulent Bravo IS Usher, who has his testimony in hand in full array and handy to reference "incidents" for a blog site????? #Comeonson

He killed himself saying that the judge was "fair" and right, yet Ms. Fair Judge didn’t find the former Mrs Raymond in Contempt of anything he named, but she SURE found Mr. Raymond outta line for his wrongdoings. Interesting.

hahahhahaha so basically you saying Usher’s attorney gave him his lines to learn and recite on demand in the New hit film "Meka I’m taken dem kids?!"

Clearly he wasnt expecting Tameka to go into production on the Blockbuster Hit "Ninja dees MY kids so you better go make a baby with that hippie chick OR 1 of the 2 bridesmaids that you slept with…as a matter of fact you on The Voice now… and since you like paying 12,000 for little dogs how about you increase that child support son…Cinco need new shoes!"

I’m so tired of this Usher mess that I cant even take it serious anymore. lol

Op is a law student or intern…my sister is studying to be a lawyer and her professors use current cases for assignments and mock trials and provide information…they also have to sit in on court cases for some classes…it makes for interesting debates during classes…

why is it that the mother has to be the one to have full custody? I feel this has nothing to do with who he is as an artist;but who he is as a father, period. Its Sad that we as Black women tend to always put a stigma over our Black men/fathers. If he wasn’t trying to step up to be a father in his SONS life; you will be saying he rich and won’t spend time with his kids. He is a dead-beat dad and its a shame poor Tameka has to raise their sons all b herself. Neither one of you who has judged him just because he is who he is talk like you all lived in the house with both parents, and know the whole story. I agree with those who have shared positive comments; both parents need to find common ground and do whats best for the kids. Stop posting hate comments about fathers who are standing up and being responsible. The justice system need changing so laws can be fair to both fathers and mothers and the kids can have both equally n their lives.

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